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THURSDAY AUGUST 15, 1895
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. -
Gaining ground is only another name
for California real estate.
The Solid Eight will lose its solidity as
soon as the stuffing is knocked out of it.
No goldbug has yet been found who can
draw up a definite money plank for the
platform of a political party.
Wiggipa has risen again to prophesy that
Niagara is going to dry up, just as we were
hoping that he had dried up.
Boston carries a debt of $43,000,000 with
ease, but then she has well-paved streets
and no monopoly on top of her.
If Cleveland will appoint Carlisle to the
Supreme Court, he will please the country
by getting a bungler out of the treasury.
When they talk of the "hog combine" in
Pennsylvania they do not mean any pork
packing corporation but the opposition to
Quay.
The next Republican National Conven
tion should stop at no half-way house, but
come to San Francisco and take in the
continent.
There is a story going the rounds of the
Eastern press that horses are sold in
Wyoming for $3 a dozen, and not saw
horses either.
At the latest reports, Brice is the only
Democrat named as a candidate for the
Presidency who has not hastened to de
cline the risk.
The Market-street Railroad Company
would be surprised to find how profitable
it would be to obey the law and shake off
the horse-leeches.
Some young women of wealth have
nearly paralyzed London by advertising
for luxurious flats in a building where
there are neither men nor cats.
They are noting it in the East as a mat
ter of some importance that the leader of
the free silver men in the Democratic
State convention in lowa is named Bolter.
The Connecticut man who has invented
a machine for making hats out of wood
owes it to the world to devise a means of
talking through it without using an auger.
According to a late report Berlin is al
most eaten up by usury, and in an effort
to suppress the evil the courts have been
sending usurers to jail by squads and
platoons.
The short skirts and leggings of the bi
cycle costume have been found so con
venient that the girls at Eastern summer
resorts are said to have adopted them for
tennis and walking parties.
It is said the Corbett divorce decree pro
vides that the alimony may be reduced if
circumstances warrant, and consequently
if Fitzsimmons whips the champion Ollie's
alimony will get a knockdown.
A bill introduced into the Florida Legis
lature providing for the killing of rabid
dogs was voted down because, as one of the
members explained afterward, a rabbit dog
was just as good as any other dog.
Some one has been telling the New York
Tribune that strawberries ten inches in
circumference are common in the State of
Washington, and yet that commonwealth
was named for a man who couldn't lie.
The financiers of Philadelphia having
refused to make a loan to the city at 3 per
cent the bonds were divided into small
denominations, offered to the people and a
loan of $1,200,000 was.taken. within a week.
According to the Chicago Times-Herald
the State of New York grows hops enough
to supply the entire demand of the United
States, and unless somebody quits growing
them there will never be any profit in them
to producers.
A Long Island undertaker in order to
furnish cheap funerals to his patrons has
loaded up a phonograph with a funeral
sermon and hymns which he works off
when the people do not wish to pay for a
preacher and binger.
After a lapse of six years, the New York
and Harlem railroad has determined to re
sume the running of storage battery cars
on their city lines, and th4s time it is be
lieved the storage battery will be perma
nent and the trolley will go.
Some of the cuckoos who talk of a third
term for Cleveland are uselessly reminding
the country of the fact that when Conkling
was advocating General Grant's cause at
Chicago he said that opposition to a third
term comes mainly from fellows who wish
a first term.
It appears that we are to lose the desert
of Sahara, for according to late French
statistics the Algerian portion of the desert
supports 9,000,000 sheep. 2,000.000 roats,
260,000 camels, and grows in the oases
1,500,000 date palms yielding about $3,000,
-000 of fruit annually.
The ability of bicyclers to suggest im
provements in highways has been pushed
to the limitin Brooklyn where they com
plain that the country roads are used too
much by farm wagons for their use, and
demand the construction of a special road
way for their benefit,
THE MECHANICS' FAIR
The Mechanics' Fair opened Tuesday
with a large attendance, although many of
the exhibits have not yet been installed
and there is more or less noise attending
the process. The able speech made by
Congressman Maguire stated the indus
trial principles represented by the fait so
clearly as to render useless any further
efforts in that direction. As the friend of
the laboring classes he defended industrial
progress and the introduction of machin
ery, taking the high ground that the best
results in this direction will not have been
secured until all labor not needed to be
done for health and occupation or required
by mechanical conditions has been per
formed by machinery. It is not, he de
clared, because machinery is displacing
manual labor that the laboring classes are
suffering, but because of a monopoly of
nature's bounties by the rich and strong.
But that is a subject separate from the
exhibition of the Mechanics' Institute and
the great interest which the people are
taking in it. For many years this institu
tion has been giving these fairs annually,
and they came long ago to be recognized as
the great annual show of tne State, leading
the State Fair in refined and lasting inter
est. Within the limitations which it has
imposed upon itself the fairs of the Me
chanics' Institute are remarkable exhibi
tions. They indicate not only the progress
of mechanical achievement in the world at
large, but give an exceedingly instructive
insight into the accomplishments of Cali
fornia itself. No one can form an idea of
the tremendous activity of the State with
out a study of its manifestations at the
Mechanics' Fair.
The large number of City residents who
always crowd these exhibitions sufficiently
indicate the estimation in which they are
held here. But this pleasure and instruc
tion are equally accessible to all the resi
dents of the interior. The fair comes at a
time when the climate of the interior is
warmest and wnen work in the orchards,
vineyards and farms is temporarily sus
pended. It happens this year that the
City has many other unusually, meritori
ous attractions. The theaters have better
companies and more of them than we are
accustomed to see, and the prices in most
cases have been so much reduced tnat it is
not a hardship to pay them. It is the
time of year, too, when many of the City
residents who live in boarding-houses and
family hotels are away, so that there is
abundant room for visitors from the in
terior.
A good many improvements worth see
ing have been made in the City since the
last Mechanics' Fair. Several very hand
some houses have been buiit, and numer
ous electric-car lines have been pushed in
all directions into strange and picturesque
parts of the City which even a very large
proportion of the residents themselves
have not yet seen.
Of course the Mechanics' Fair will be
the central attraction. In addition to its
exhibits, many of which are new this year,
will be other exceedingly pleasing features.
Chief amon? these are the concerts given
by a splendid body of musicians under the
direction of Fritz Scheel, whose concerts
in the Vienna Prater of the Midwinter
Fair are remembered with pleasure by
so many thousands of country visitors.
Nothing could ci% T e more pleasure or ben
efit than a change from the hot interior to
the cool breezes of San Francisco, with the
Mechanics' Fair and the special induce
ments offered by the railroad companies
as an excellent opportunity for indulg
ing it.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY
The overwhelming influx of new students
to the State University has crowded the
capacity of the institution beyond reason
able limits and produced awkward compli
cations. This is a difficulty that there
should be no time lost in meeting. At
best, barring the new buildings, the
newest of which is an exquisite work
of architectural and structural art, the
buildings are inferior and inadequate
and no care is taken to make the grounds
attractive. The site is superb, but its ad
vantages are neglected in the exercise of
a foolish economy. The tremendous in
pouring of students, despite the fact that
the population of the State has not materi
ally increased in the last few years and
despite the farther fact that the Stanford
University has appeared meanwhile and
received more than a thousand pupils,
shows that the State University is regarded
by the people as an institution of the
highest order and that our young men and
women are no longer being sent to Eastern
colleges. Corresponding with such a
recognition there must exist a popuUr
pride which would cheerfully respond with
money to the needs of the institution.
Californians are not niggards and yet the
external appearance of the State Univer
sity indicates that they are.
It should be highly gratifying to the
University management and to the State
at large to see the institution receive so
many demands for instruction in agricult
ure and horticulture. The eyes of the
whole country seem to be turned to Cali
fornia for young men and women educa
ted in these specialties by our State Uni
versity. There are two reasons why this
should be so. One is that the peculiar cli-
matic conditions of the State permit an
infinitely wider range of methods than in
any other part of the country, and the
other is the high reputation made by stu
de nts who have been turned out by this
University and made instructors In the
various colleges and universities of the
country. This means to say that the uni
versity instructors themselves are men of
the highest ability, a fact already known
everywhere.
The inadequate and shabby wooden
houses which belong to the original group
of buildings are wholly out of keeping with
the reputation of the University, the pride
that it inspires among the people and the
natural beauties of the site. In this re
gard and in r espect to the manner in which
the grounds are kept, the University can
not compare with the State Normal schools
at San Jose and Los Angeles, nor any of
the insane asylums nor the State prison
at Folsom. This is a shameful thing, and
it would be difficult to convince us that
the people are unwilling to remedy it.
THE CUBAN SITUATION.
It seems now to be a matter of but a few
days or weeks for the Cuban rebels to place
themselves in a position to demand recog
nition at the hands of the leading powers.
That is to say, if the reports from the
island are to be credited, General Campos
is discouraged and wants to withdraw the
Spanish forces and, failing in that, to re
sign command of the royal army. He
seems to have made no headway against
the insurgents, who appear to have grown
in strength and enthusiasm. Being ac
climated they successfully withstand the
terrors of the sickly season, while the Span
ish soldiers are dying by thousands and
have become thoroughly disheartened.
Meanwhile the insurgents have framed a
republican government and put it in force
in the districts which they dominate. Ap
parently all that now remains for them to
do in order to be in a position to demand
recognition is the perfection of their gov
ernment and its institution to the extent
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1895.
which circumstances may permit, and pos
sibly the capture of some important sea
port. While all this is going on the news
comes that Spain has made a heavy call
for troops and will double the army which
she has on the island. These in large part
will be raw recruits unfit for efficient fight
ing and with heavy natural odds to oppose
and discourage them.
Once the recognition of the nations is
secured the downfall of Spanish power
Beems inevitable. The insurgents are fight-
ing with a determination that borders on
martyrdom, and that is the strongest of
all elements in a rebellion. The consider
ation, even enthusiastic sympathy, with
which General Campos is treated in the
cities which he holds ia the name of
Spain cannot blind him to the fact that
the real heart of the people hates the
Spanish yoke. The Spanish capitalists
who fatten on the industry of the natives
under the protection of Spain will not dare
go too far in their support of the Spanish
cause; already they have contracted a
heavy bill, which the insurgents, if suc
cessful, will make them pay with interest,
and patriotism generally seeks cover when
capital is threatened.
It is too early now to speculate on the
success o-f the rebels; the fact as it exists
is sufficient for the present. The interest
of the United States in this struggle is
immeasurably greater than that of any
other country, except Spain, and the con
duct of the United States when the time
for recognition comes will largely deter
mine the character and extent of the bene
fits which we may enjoy from destruction
of Spanish power. Between this consider
ation and our duty to Spain as to a great
nation with whom we have amicable rela
tions but little social or commercial sym
pathy, our Government mnst pursue a
course full of difficulties. These should
not permit it to forget, however, that self
interest is the most binding of laws.
MR. HUNTINGTON`S VISIT.
Now that C. P. Huntington may visit
San Francisco without fe.ir of arrest, it may
be interesting and instructive for him to
know, from a source other than his agents
and sycophants, what are the matters
which might profitably receive his atten
tion. There are many of these, but there
are a few of special importance to which
his notice should be drawn. It may or
may not be his desire to adjust them in
such a manner as to bring about a better
fe^ng between his railroad and the pub
lic, and he may or may not be willing to
regard any interests other than those of
the Southern Pacific Company. In any
event it is well for him to know what is go
ing on.
One of the most pressing of recent oc
currences is the scandalous zeal displayed
bj eight members of the San Francisco Board
of Supetsisors in the interest of the Market
street Railway Company, which is the
most important of all the branch concerns
of the Southern Pacific. Not only has this
company been seizing streets without any
color of right or law, thereby rousing the
bitter animosity of the people, but it has
so conducted itself as to shock and outrage
the public sense of decency by the rela
tions which It is generally believed to have
established with what is derisively called
the Solid Eight of the board. These offi
cers, in their manifest zeal to serve in
terests for which Mr. Huntington is re
sponsible, have openly defied and abro
gated the laws in order to grant special
favors of great value for Mr. Huntington's
benefit. In that pursuit they have given
and propose to give to the Market-street
Railway Company franchises for streetcar
lines illegally, and, it is generally believed,
corruptly, and in that pursuit have so
scandalized and outraged the sense of
decency of the community as to become
objects of attack, through the courts, by
the Grand Jury and by bodies of citizens
of the highest class organized to drive cor
ruption out of the City and send as many
scoundrels as possible to the penitentiary.
That is one matter for Mr. Huntington's
consideration.
Another is the extraordinary action of
the Democratic majority of the Rail
road Commission. These gentlemen were
pledged before the election to reduce
freights within the State at least 25 per
cent, to reduce freight classifications at
least half, and to institute such other re
forms as might be proper. They have
failed to do so, with the inevitable result
of rousing the indignation of the public
and pointing a threatening and angry fin
ger at the long history of the Southern
Pacific as the director of the conduct of
public officers. This is a malodorous scan
dal, and it reflects directly upon the in
tegrity aDd honorable name ot the South
ern Pacific Company's president, to say
nothing of the serious bearing it may have
on the welfare of the State.
Still another matter is the proposed
action of the State to oust the Southern
Pacific from the possession of the Mission
Bay tide lands, which, it is asserted, are
held by that company under an unjust
and illegal tenure, and therefore to the
great prejudice of the State and City.
Doubtless Mr. Huntineton can devise
some plan for restoring these valuable
lands to their rightful owners, the people.
Abandonment and surrender of claim
would probably be the simplest, as that
would save the heavy expense of litiga
tion.
There are many other matters of a less
grave nature. One is the belief that the
Market-street Railway Company aban
doned its electric road south of the park
for the purpose of harassing Mr. Sutro and
preventing the State from accepting his
handsome gift of thirty acres of valuable
land for the Affiliated Colleges. That
matter has a very mean and contemptible
look, and is deserving of Mr. Huntington's
notice.
The American Register of London and
Paris sizes up the European idea of the
situation in this country by saying:
"While it would be almost ludicrous to
throw the slightest doubt on the stability
of American credit under all circum
stances, it cannot be urged that confidence
in the American Nation is equivalent to
confidence in Democracy."
As a result of the opening of the big dry
dock at Southampton it is said that big
ocean ships are already abandoning Liver
pool for London, and the fact is noted as
another proof that in these days something
more than natural advantages is needed to
gain or to hold commerce and trade.
It is reported that the planters of Louis
iana have a stock of 25,000,000 gallons of
molasses left over from last year's crop,
and while they are willing to give it away
or feed It to stock, they won't put up even
a spoonful of it to make taffy for Grover.
MUST HAVE MORE ROOM.
The present quarters of the San Francisco
Call have proven inadequate for the large
Increase of business consequent upon the
growing popularity of that journal, and a new
structure is to be erected on the corner of
Third and Market streets for its acommoda
tion. If Thk Call continues to grow as it has
in the few months since C. M. Shortridge
gained control the new building should be
put up with a liberal allowance for extending
their present facilities, for it will certainly be
needed in the near future.— Ventura Free
Press.
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.
Fritz Hinckley is rather Inclined to mix
things up in an indiscriminate way. He sel
dom if ever ties himself down to the prosaic
side of life. At momenta when many men
would be silent Hinckley is bubbling over with
conversation.
Here is a slice of his conversation overheard
yesterday in the Palace billiard-room when
the gentleman was playing a game of 15-ball
pool during the lunch hour with W. P. Fuller,
who is, strangely enough, a silent player.
"Say, Fuller, just watch me make this com
bination shot for the corner — one ball. By
the way, did you ever buy fruit from the vend
ers who sell sixteen peaches fora nickel on the
corner? Bank for the side. Well, it's a funny
' „—— -*
FRITZ HINCKLEY MIXES UP HIS GAME WITH HOBTICUI/TUKAL
CHAT.
thin* the way they can do a fellow on that
sort of business. When you walk up to the
wagon it seems— corner pocket— that each in
dividual peach is in perfect condition and just
ripe enough to suit a queen. How was that.
Fuller, for a long shot? The other day I saw a
wagon-load of the finest peaches you ever set
your eves on— double combination for the
lower righthand pocket— and at once my
mouth began to water. They were simply
beautiful and I made a purchase, but— wait
till I kiss that ball into the side— when I went
into the bag to sample one I thought I
had a batch of hand-painted rocks. You
never saw anything quite so rank in
your life. The first was hard, the second
was worm eaten— a little more chalk, I guess—
and the rest were on a par — did you observe
tne cue ball get into position— with the first
two? That is all, except the last one, which
was decayed far beyond all hope of recovery.
How many balls have I got? Yes, you can
wager that the slickest merchant in the town
is the man on the corner— here's my pet shot,
twice around the corners to the side pocket—
with the fruit wagon. Six balls. Say, Fuller,
I'll bet you a new hat you can't buy a good
peach from any one of those fellows in the City.
Seven balls. Will you — I'll take a hard shot
now and give you a chance for your money
bet?"
"No, but I'll bet you a new suit of clothes
that you don't know how many balls you have
made," replied Fuller.
"Why, seven, of course," said Hinckley, sus
pending the game for a moment.
'■Well, you've made just three balls and the
re«t you counted were billiard shots. I let you
go on to see where you would stop. You're the
most absent-minded man I ever saw. You've
been playing pool, billiards and peaches all
over the table, and I move we call in a draw —
of corks and treat the crowd. Can you raise
my hand, Fritz?"
"Yes, with a tray— of champagne."
PERSONALS.
W. S. Brush, a merchant of Cloverdale, ia at
the Grand.
Judge Garrison Turner of Modesto is a guest
at the Grand.
E. J. Cahill, a civil engineer of San Martin, is
at the Grand.
Thomas Mootry Jr., a mining man of Idaho,
is at the Grand.
I. Antonio Gonzales, a ccffee-planter of Sal
vador, is at the Grand.
H. C. Bell, a prominent merchant of Oroville,
is staying at the Grand.
Andrew Markham, a capitalist and railroad
man of Santa Rosa, is at the Lick.
P. Mcßae, a railroad contractor of Hanford,
was one of yesterday's arrivals at the Lick.
G. C. Hyatt, proprietor of the Union Iron
Works of Stockton, is a guest at the Grand.
Ex-Attorney-General A. L. Hart of Sacra
mento came down yesterday and put up at the
Grand.
J. C. Hoxie, a real estate and insurance man
of Fresno, was one of yesterday's arrivals at
the Lick. *
Lieutenant-Colonel Babbitt of the army came
down from Benicla yesterday and registered at
the Occidental.
Mrs. W. If. Felton, formerly of this City, now
of Mazatlan, Mexico, arrived by the steamer
Willamette Valley yesterday.
E. Black Ryan, tax agent of the Southern
Pacific Company, returned yesterday from
Shasta, where he spent a short vacation.
A. M. Duncan, a leading business man of
Ukiah and member of the Board of Supervisors
of Mendocino County, Is Btaying at the Grand.
John R. Chandler, who has been in Guate
mala as archaeologist for the Government, ar
rived on the Colon yesterday on his way home
to the East.
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK
New York, Aug. 14.— Arrivals: San Francisco
— W. G. Doane. Hoffman; G. Brooks, JMarlbor
ough; E. A. Claxton, Everett; M. Epstein, Im
perial; J. Gammage. Mrs. Gotz and T. P. Col
cord, Grand Union; T. G. Lewis, St. Cloud; F.
Fraosan, Astor; W. S. Martin and J. C. Stubbs,
Windsor.
CALIF OR NIANS IN UTAH.
Bait Lake. Utah. Aug. 14.— At the Knutaford,
A. W. Somerfleld, TomC. Grant, San Francisco;
at the Walker, Mrs. C. O. Burton, Miss Burton.
San Francisco.
FROM EASTERN EDITORS.
"Old Glory" Is Venerable.
It may not be known to every citizen, but it
ought to be, and likewise taught to every school
boy that the Stars and Stripes is the oldest
flag of any nation, as well as the most glorious,
says the New York Marine Journal. No flag
has prior claim in point of years. The English
poet who wrote about the Union Jack an "the
flag that braved a thousand years the battle and
the breeze" rather overstepped the literal: for
the flag only dates its distinctive form from
the formation of the United Kingdom in 1801.
The tricolor of France was only adopted in
1794. The flag of the Spaniards was only es
tablished in 1785. The Italian and German
banners aie no older than the existing
regimes of those countries. But the Stars
and Stripes was proclaimed as the flag of
the Lnited States by resolution of Congress
passed June 14, 1777. And as for its glory, it
has never been defeated, but achieved the
greatest victory ever won from the English,
which is surely enough glory for any flag. No
wonder, then, that our flag will ever be known
as "old glory." It has always had all the glory
that any nation could aspire to attain.
Our Alien Anarchists.
It is high time that every foreigner seeking
employment in this free land should be taught
that the right of every other man, woman
or child, black or white, to peaceably
pursue their industries in accordance with
their agreements with employers shall
be respected, and that all who attempt to
interfere with them shall be punished to
the utmost extent of the law. Above ail, no
alien anarchist should be permitted to raise
his voice in any section of the country against
the freedom of labor or the rights of property,
and the operators of Spring Valley should at
once resolve that not one of these alien anarch
ists shall ever be again employed in that com
mumty.—Philadelphia Times.
The Philadelphia Loan.
The snccessful sale of the 3 per cent city loan
•t par, directly to individual investors, has
given a great deal of satisfaction to everybody
in Philadelphia, and has attracted attention in
other cities as well. It is probably the first
time in this country that a public loan has
been thus disposed of at retail.
It is to be observed that the success of this
transaction was largely due, as must always be
the case, to good advertising. Nobody took
any great interest in the loan till the news.
papers began to talk about it and urge its ad
vantages and thus drew attention to the sale,
which steadily increased from day to day, till
tne whole loan was taken. — Philadelphia
Times.
Census Padding at Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis census has been and is be
ing padded to a large extent with fictitious
names. This fact was demonstrated by a St.
Paul man who went up there and offered a
j number of purely fictitious names to the cen-
I sus committee; they were eagerly accepted
and placed on the census rolls, with no attempt
j whatever to verify them.— St. Paul Pioneer.
Few Filibusters.
It must surprise th€ intelligent observer that
the reckless and adventurous Americans who
[ would naturally form filibuster expeditions to
assist the Cubau patriots are so few. Most of
the reports of expeditions armed and ready to
sail for Cuba, or already on their way, are the
creation of idle fancy or the magnified results
of untrustworthy rumor. That a number,
probably less than a thousand, of Cubans re
siding in the United States, have enlisted in
| the insurgent cause, there is reason to believe,
I but no reports from the .field of operations in-
I dlcate the presence of any large number of
Americans.— New York Commercial Advertiser.
A Substitute for Champagne.
No fault can be found with the use of a bou
quet of sweet peas, in lieu of a bottle of cham
pagne, at the launching of the latest ship down
at Bath, even though it is a departure from the
conventional rule. The average young lady
who is called upon to officiate at the christen
ing of a ship can handle a bouquet far more
gracefully than she can a bottle of wine, and
it wouldn't oe a bad idea to put this floral no
tion from Bath in further practice when ships
are to be launched.— Boston Herald.
Hope for the Queensberrys.
There is some hope for the Queensberrv fam
ily after all, since Lord Sholto Douglas has had
the luck to marry a girl who watts to go to
school and educate herself for the rank of mar
chionens. Every variety actress, after captur
ing a scion of nobility, hasn' t taken the tronble
to go to school aiterward, bat this California
girl, who has just applied for admission to a
high school, deserves to win, not only an edu
cation, but her position, such as it is, in her
husband's family.— Boston Herald.
Woman's Vote in Utah.
The decision of Judge Smithin the test case
on the right of women citizens to vote at the
first State election will, we presume, settle the
matter, at least so far as registration is con
cerned. There is now no reason why any regis
tration officer should decline to register the
ladies any more than the gentlemen who
make application. Those registrars who have
been attending to this duty have done the
right thing.— Salt Lake Herald.
Shut Out Illiterates.
"Shut out illiterates and you narrow down
immigration a great deal," said Senator Lodge
in an interview the other day. This is true.
The addition of an educational test is the next
thing to be done to give us a better class of
immigrants. Now that the flood of arrivals is
increasing, it becomes all the more important
that the next Congress should act upon this
urgent question.— Boston Journal.
A Wholesome Habit Lost.
The New York Post used to have a habit,
whenever it quoted anything from a newspa
per whose editor enjoyed a lucrative office of
adding an explanatory parenthesis, thus (muz
zled): We notts that this custom has fall
en into disuse, and we think our contemporary
should revive it. It was a good, wholesome
habit.— Memphis Appeal.
The Big Combination.
The significance of the Baldwin-Westing
house consolidation cannot easily be overesti
mated. It is a true industrial co-operation of
two gigantic plants equipped with the most
advanced facilities, each in its own specialty,
and their union will undoubtedly inaugurate an
important new era in railroading.— Philadel
phia Record.
SOMEWHAT CRITICAL.
The life of a railroad agent at a busy station
is not all sunshine, if a communication to the
monthly magazine called the Railway Tele
grapher is to be credited. A correspondent to
that publication writes:
For the benefit of the disconsolate brethren,
I beg to submit the following copies of letters
which were actually received t>y an agent
down East a few days since, and he is in
tolerably good standing to boot. He got these
letters all in one day :
Dear Sir: I want you to understand that you
are not superintendent of this road and that
you are expected to attend to your own busi
ness. It I hear of any more of your imperti
nence you will be discharged immediately.
Yours, etc., Superintendent.
Dear Sir: You neglected to run your pen
through the last paragraph on the Excess Bag
gasre Check you issued to Chicago on the 3d
of this month. The instructions are very plain
on this subiect and there is no visible reason
for this carelessness. Another case of this kind
will necessitate your removal from that agency.
Yours, etc., Genbral Baggage Agent.
Dear Sir: No. 21 left delay reports at your
station at 3 :30 last p. m., and you did not get it
into this office until 4:20, a delay of fifty
minutes. There is no excuse for this, and if it
occurs again you will be discharged. Yours,
etc., Telegraph Superintendent.
Dear Sir: When were you instructed to in
clude prepaid received in your daily balance?
I notice you have done this all through the
month of May. From the length of time you
have been agent for this company one would
think you would begin to have some sense in
making up your report. When this office asks
the superintendent to remove an agent we
nearly always get satisfaction. Yours, etc.,
_ Auditor.
Dear Sir: There were two days' car report in
your envelope received here yesterday, thus
showing that you are growing careless. "About
four weeks Bince this happened for the first
time with you. This report is important and
j we will not be troubled with delays, and the
; next time it occurs we will use our influence
; to get you removed. Yours etc.,
Car Accountant.
Dear Sir: Mr. B kof your station com
plains that you quoted him rate of $50 on
I cattle standard car to Chicago. The tariff
shows rate of $52. I would like fo* you to at
tach your authority for naming this rr.te. We
are having too much trouble through this ne
glect of agents and it has been decided to make
an example of you. Yours etc.,
General Freight Agent.
Dear Sir: I nave asked that voucher be
issued in your favor for $30, the difference be
tween the first and second class ticket fare from
your station to Kansas City. You were very
careless in failing to punch the ticket "sec
ond" class, and while we should allow you to
stand it, we were inclined to help you out in
this case, at the same time do not let it occur
again, or it will get you into trouble. Yours,
etc. General Passenger Agent.
Dear Sir: You understand that no excuse
can be accepted for delays to fast freights.
What excuse have you to offer for delaying No
29 to load cabbage? Yours, etc.,
-.■_-_. Tbaixmaster.
Dear Sir: Why don't you send my box of
beans to me? I was in there the other day and
told you when they would be brought down. I
have stood this as long as I am going to and
will report you to the superintendent if that
box ain't here to-morrow. Sam Dean.
Dear Sir: Please return at once papers in
claim 267,465, and say why you have held
them. You held a bunch of papers once before
at which time you were warned not to let it oc
cur again. Can you give any reason why we
should put up with this? Yours, etc.,
„. „ Claim Agent.
Dear Sir: Why don't you see that the tank at
your place is not allowed to run over and
weaken the foundation? I shall report this to
the superintendent. Yours, etc.,
*, n », Water Superintendent.
My vmr Boy: If the time ever comes when
everything is not going right, remember your
ola lather has a good farm, where you can be
happy and independent. Your affectionate
Father.
The tambourine ia a combination of the
drum and rattle. It is f ound represented
on Egyptian monuments 2000 B. C.
OPINIONS OF EDITORS.
San Francisco expert* assert that more than
a half-million dollars are sent out of California
every year for cigars. We have just as pood
cigar-makers in this State as can be scared up
anywhere. We can import and grow as good
tobacco as any State. What, then, is the trou
ble? Eastern manufacturers advertise heav
ily and California manufacturers don't. Thiß
is the whole secret. Eastern brands are house
hold words and California brands are unknown.
See?— Redlands Citrograph.
Labor is respectable if it is honest and legiti
mate, and the girl who behaves herself, minds
her own business, is modest, decent and well
behaved is a genuine lady regardless of
whether she sits in in the iitchen or the par
lor, and no "gentleman" would for a moment
think of insulting her. When women them
selves cease to look down on domestic work
the other half of humanity will entertain a
better opinion of it also.— Los Angeles Express.
A movement is on foot to prevent the use of
the National flag for advertising purposes. It
should be successful. If nothing else is sacred
against the demands of progressive business
the stars and stripes should be. The flag
should have such reverence as it deserves and
it is difficult to feel it when the banner is used
to advise the world to "Try Bing's Pills." We
hope that the spirit of this movemant will
crystallize into law.— Fresno Republican.
It seems to us that the State at large should
assist the Miners' Association in- their fight
against the railroad company. The develop
ment of our mines means millions to the State
every year, and if the railroad people are al
lowed to unlawfully get possession of vast
tracts of mineral land the State will receive no
benefit therefrom unless it pays a heavy toll.
Immediate action is necessary.— Auburn Re
publican.
We want the right to trade at home and want
that home trade protected. We want free inter
state commercial relations. The State of Utah
demands protection to her mines, her factories,
her farmers, her herders and all her interests.
The Republican party guarantees these
rights.— Manti (Utah) Messenger.
Many Adams County farmers sow wheat and
sit down and kick, and almost every day
wagons from the Palouse and Walla Walla
sections are seen peddling fruit on the streets
of Ritzville and every east-bound express
train unloads large quantities of vegetables. —
Ritzville (Waßh.) Times.
A careful estimate shows that since Cleve
land was inaugurated the second time the
wool-clip of the United States has fallen oS
100,000,000 pounds. Democratic free-trade in
wool is more fatal to American sheep than the
hoof disease.— Los Aneeles Times.
Upon the advent of the next National ad
ministration, the Treasury Department will be
able to dispense with its present London bond
syndicate, as Republicans have never needed
a wetnurse. — Tacoma Ledger.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Teeby-Beoderick— "One of Many,'"Antioch,
Contra Costa County, Cal. The duel between
Terry and Broderick was fought in San Fran
cisco County on the 13th of SeDtember, 1859,
near the Laguna de la Merced. The primary
cause that led to it was an utterance during a
speech in which Terry, who upheld the Bu
chanan party, made an attack on Broderick,
who was a Douglass Democrat, and charged
him with being a political boss. When Broder
ick heard this he said: "During Judge Terry's
incarceration by the Vigilance Committee I
paid $200 a week to support a newspaper in
his defense. I have also stated heretofore that
I considered him the only honest man on the
Supreme bench, but I take it all back." Brod
erick refused to retract this language and he
was challenged. The duel came off in spite of
the best efforts of friends to avoid it. Both
were armed with dueling pistols, set with hair
trigger, and when the word was given, after
the code duello had been read, Broderick
moved his right arm to raise it and while doing
so the weapon was discharged. The bullet
entered the ground a few feet in front of Terry.
His antagonist then fired and the bullet struck
Broderick in the breast, producing a fatal
wound. There is no record that before the
duel "Broderick practiced in a shooting-gallery
and rang the bell several times."
Mixing Claim— L. K. R., City. Lands valu
able for deposits of minerals, such as fire clay
and pottery clays, marble, asphalt, soda, sul
phur, diamonds, or of the precious and common
metals, are subject to sale under the mining
laws. A location must be first made and re
corded. Certain sums must be expended an
nually, and $500 worth of labor and improve
ment" must be laid out on the claim before
patent can be applied for. The amount of
mineral land that a single person can take up
is twenty acres. A company may take up 120
acres. The land on the beach in the vicinity
of the Cliff House on which it is said there are
deposits of tine gold is not Government land,
but private property. Traces of gold have
been found ia the sand ail along the coast.
Government Land— C. F. L., City. One way
to learn about Government land, farming or
grazing, that is open to settlers in the State of
California is to write to the land office of the
district in which the settler desires to locate
and obtain a plat of the land so open. The fee
for such a plat is $1. The land offices are at
Humboldt, Independence, Los Angeles, Marys
ville. Redding, Sacramento, San Francisco,
Stockton, Sußanville and Visalia. These plats
are approximately correct, or they may be
absolutely correct on the day of publication,
but within a ween some of the land marked
"vacant" may have been taken up. The best
way is to view the land in person.
Assessment Work— M. F. C, City. The law
requires that on every mining claim, until the
same shall have been patented, there shall be
performed every year not less than $100 worth
of work. The operation of this law was sus
pended during the year 1894, except in the
State of South Dakota. If three men own
jointly three adjoining claims they cannot do
$300 worth of work on one claim and say that
they have complied with the law. They must
do at least $100 worth of work on each claim.
The work may be done at any time within the
year.
To Dixon ok a Wheel— A. S., City. The
most practical route to reach Dixon, Solano
County, by wheel from this City is to go from
here to Oakland, then trom there to Port Costa,
ferry across to Benicia, then take the county
road to Vallejo, Fairfield, Elmira, Batavia and
Dixon. On a good wheel weighing not over
twenty-three pounds a good cycler ought to
make the distance in a <*ay. The roads are
fairly good, but at this time, no doubt, very
dusty.
English Grain Ships— W". W., City. The
average voyage of an English grain ship from
this port to Liverpool is from ISO to 140 days.
The pay of a captain of such a vessel is gen
erally $100 a month. That of the first mate is
usually $40 a month. Neither of these officers
receives a percentage on the cargo. Nearly all
of the grain vessels that have sailed from this
port since the 15th of last June have carried
away part of the Fair wheat.
Clubs and Societies— A. A. R., City. There
are clubs and societies in this City in which
sociological, economical and scientific subjects
are discussed, but not all three in any one club
or society. Among the number may be men
tioned the Fabian Club, the Society of Social
ism applied to Christianity. Academy of
Sciences, Camera Club. Entomological Socle tv
Microscopical Society, Bierra Club and the no-'
graphical societies.
Voting Qualification— Citizen, City. In the
following-named States, an alien who has de
clared his intention to become a citizen of the
United States is entitled to vote the tim« pre
vious to election that he shall have declared
such intention, varying in some of these State* •
Alabama, Arkansas. Colorado, Florida Indi
ana, Kansas, Louisiana. Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi. Missouri, Nebraska? North Dakota
Oregon, South Dakota and Wisconsin kOI * 1
Rent Receipt-M. M., City. A receipt: for
rent that read, "from August 1 to September
1, r means that the rent is paid up to, but not
includiue the first day of September. Aa a
general rule a tenant should surrender the
keys on the morning of the day when tho new
month commences as it might not be conven
iilsiW 11 " u em Rt midnight of the day
on whicn the month* rent expires. « :
i Party , Vote tH.; M. F.. City. At the Presi
dential election in 1892 the party vote in the
ate >°„ allf ° ml * : »M: Democratic 118,293,
Mm".- 118,149. Populist 25.353 and
i SXS ib .l tlonlßt 8l29 « At «>• State election in
mnn'RT : *«<*<» ( D «) ■ 111.5M4.K550.>
(P )10 501 NNcbßter (Pop.) 51,804 and French
* Amatkvr and Profrwional.— If two amateur
baseball nines play for a sum of money tad the
winning club divides It among tho members
that act makes them all professional*: but if
the money won tin used for the bcueutof the
i«i C^" U i . ** P»*«hasinir uniforms, balls, bat*
and tho Hke-th.-u tti* niuo is not taken out of
the amateur class. ■
CASH FOR THE NEW ROAD
The Third Assessment of 10
Per Cent Levied Upon
the Stock.
FLATTERING SHOWING MADE.
Extraordinary Amount of Work
Done With the Money so Far
Contributed.
The directors of tbe Valley road have
levied an assessment of 10 per cent on the
stock. At the meeting Tuesday afternoon
the question of finances was given a great
deal of consideration. Estimates of money
needed for immediate construction were
submitted by the chief engineer and state
ments showing the financial condition of
the company by the secretary. The result
was the directors concluded that it would
be necessary to issue a call on the stock
holders for 10 per cent of the capital.
This makes the third assessment of 10
per cent, or 30 per cent in all.
Out of the first 20 cents.on the dollar of
subscribed stock a very nattering showi-ng
has been radde, ana directors, engineer
and executive secretary feel proud of what
they have done.
As one assessment represents about
1240,000, so far only $480,000 has been ex
pended in the large amount of work done
up to date and for materials. With this
sum oi money omces have been estab
lished, eneineerine equipment secured and
supplies for building over 100 miles of rail
way bought and paid for.
Three engineering parties have been
maintained in the valley for months, sur
veying a route for the road, and they have
completed more than half the surveys,
including bridge and river work. The line
is staked out from StocKton to the Merced
River. Second lines have been run to
Merced from that point by the same corps
of engineers. ' .From Fresno' south two
preliminary surveys have been made by
two parties, one through. Hanfqrd on the
westerly side and another via Visalia
toward the east and coming together again
about midway between Hanford and
Bakersfield the" surveyors determined upon
a junction. Then one party continued
southward and has worked so Well its
camp is just six miles from Bakersfield,
where the engineers are now engaged on
the southern end of the Valley railway.
The third corps of surveyors returned to
Fresno and has already run a secondary
line below Hanford, while the original
party is working on a secondary line into
Merced. All this accomplished, there is
but a short gap between Merced and
Fresno, about fifty-five miles, to be sur
veyed.
Readers of The Call are familiar with
what has been done in the way of con
struction. Grading is almost finished
from Stockton harbor to the city limits,
a trestle over Mormon Channel is nearing
completion and the contracts for grading
and trestling the first section to the Stan
islaus River have been let.
Three locomotives of the highest type,
now in the yards at Stockton, have been
paid for, and the great piles of ties, spikes,
bolts, fishplates and steel rails at the same
place were bought for cash, which was
paid out long since by the directors. Even
the cargoes of several thousand tons of
rails, coming here from the East on sailing
ships, have been paid for by drafts on
Eastern banks. At the meeting Tuesday
not a dolJar was due except for current ex
ponses of this month.
It was estimated that with the money
from the third assessment the directors
will be able to finish the road to the Tuo
lumne River at least, including the pur
chase of rolling-stock and bridges.
MUST SHOW THE NATIONAL FLAG.
An Order to Fly the Emblem on All
Federal Buildings.
Custodians of public buildings have been
instructed by the Treasury Department
that the flag of the United States shall be
hoisted over all public buildings under the
control of the department during hours of
business, and on February 22, May 30 and
July 4 from sunrise to sunset, except when
stormy whether prevents its display.
When one of these three days falls on Sun-.
day the flag shall be displayed on the day
that it ! is observed locally. On May 30
flags should be placed at "half -staff. The
revenue flag will, also be displayed over
Custom-houses.
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Miss Ray Frank to Speak.
Miss Ray Frank of Oakland will deliver an
address in the Temple Emanu-El on Saturday
morning at 10 a. m. Miss Frank is a noted
lady preacher, and was one of the speakers at
the Chicago Women's Religious Congress.
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. Bacon Printing Company, 503 Clay straai •
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['• Broken, mixed candies, 10c lb, Townsend's."
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Robercs, 220 Sutter— "Cards by the million."*
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Ocean Excursions.
Steamship Pomona, to Santa Cruz and Mon
terey, leaves Saturdays, 4 P. ji., due back Mon
days, 5 a. m. . Ticket office, 4 New Montgomery
street. ; -_ •
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3000 patrons attest that Dr. Eddy's method
of extracting teeth has no equal. No pain, no
danger, no alter effect. 822 Geary street. *
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E. Martin & Co., the liquor merchants, are
at 411 Market street. The fact that their re
moval has not , resulted in the loss of any of
their old patrons is the best evidence of fair and
honest dealing. The high standard of their
wines and liquors has long been known. •
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Pure blood and a vigorous organism offer no
foothold to disease germs, the seeds of the giant
evil. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify the blood
and give you new life and visor.
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All persons afflicted with dyspepsia will find
Immediate relief and sure cure by using Dr.
Siegert'a Angostura Bitters. ,
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Squildig— l told Van Braam to go and soak
his head.
McSwilligen— The advice was useless. No
pawnbroker would advance a dime on it. — '
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. .-■' "
OD R NUMBER
MARKET ST.
; The Name Is
COLUMBIAN
WOOLEN MILLS,
Wholesale Tailors and Clothing Manu-
facturers.
•j Beware of the firms trying to deceive
yon by an Infringement on oar name.